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The online incel movement is getting more violent and extreme, report says

The incel movement is becoming more violent and extreme. An analysis of 1.1M posts to a leading incel forum over the past 18 months found a sharp uptick in discussion of mass murder and promotion of child rape

washingtonpost.com

More than 2.6 million visit the incel forum each month, where their posts often endorse rape and mass murder, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

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Rex Woodbury

@rex_woodbury

At a time when it's becoming more expensive to acquire customers, savvy viral marketing is more important than ever. (I also just geek out about this stuff.) 10 of my favorite examples of brilliant viral marketing:

Child Predators Use Twitch to Systematically Track Kids Livestreaming

Cecilia D'Anastasio

@cecianasta

Sep 21

New: Our deep-dive investigation reveals widespread child predation on Twitch. Bloomberg has analyzed thousands of accounts that systematically find and follow apparent kids and pre-teens streaming. Up to 279,000 were targeted. My story:

bloomberg.com

The ease of broadcasting live on Twitch has contributed to its rapid recent growth. It has also enabled predators to target young users, new analysis shows.

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Policy Changes, A Scam, And Child Predator Allegations: Here’s What Went Down On Twitch This Week

cody

@codycorrall

there have been *so many* different scandals on twitch this week. thankfully

@kelsaywhat

was able to distill the chaos

buzzfeednews.com

“This has been the most chaotic week on Twitch I’ve ever seen."

Twitch Creator Chief Exits With Controversy Over Streamer Pay Swirling

Cecilia D'Anastasio

@cecianasta

Scoop: Twitch content chief announced her departure internally the same day as Twitch's controversial revenue share news. She worked under Twitch president Dan Clancy, who announced the news. Sources say he is out of touch with creators, profit-focused

bloomberg.com

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Adam B. Kushner

@AdamBKushner

The Post’s Outlook section, our home for ideas journalism, closed last week after 68 years. I was its final editor (I departed last fall), and I’ve been struggling to gather my thoughts. I’m sad — and also so grateful for my eight years there and the staff I worked with. 1/x

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A top Twitch creator exec has resigned from the livestreaming giant

Geoff Weiss

@Geoff_Weiss

Some more Twitch news during an explosive week. SVP of global creators

@ConnieCKnight

has resigned.

businessinsider.com

Constance Knight joined Twitch in July 2021 from Instagram, where she formerly served as global head of content curation for short-form video.

My Internet: Jessica DeFino

Embedded

@getembedded

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Today’s My Internet is a beauty culture skeptic: @jessicadefino! Jessica is terrified by the specter of “Meta Face,” thinks Twitter is healthier than Instagram and TikTok, and writes at her desk on her laptop and edits in the bathtub on her phone.

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The beauty critic figured out how to never have to check her Instagram DMs.

Why You Should Rest—a Lot—If You Have COVID-19

Good on

@time

for stating this clearly: The only guaranteed way to avoid Long COVID is not to get infected by SARS-CoV-2 in the first place

time.com

It could help prevent Long COVID

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Mask mandates are great, but “proof of vaccination or negative test” makes zero sense and doesn’t keep covid positive ppl out. We *know* being vaccinated doesn’t prevent you from getting or spreading covid. A better policy would be on site testing, robust ventilation, free N95s

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Twitch

@Twitch

· Aug 12

We’ve heard from many of you that you want a safer TwitchCon, so we’re updating our policy. Masks will be required indoors, as well as either proof of vaccination or a negative covid test. Let’s make the ultimate squad up safe & accessible for everyone: link.twitch.tv/3drbYST

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The online incel movement is getting more violent and extreme, report says

Jays

@ClovisSangrael

Jesus Christ, what a thing to read: "The most prominent forum for men who consider themselves involuntarily celibate or “incels” has become significantly more radicalized over the past year and a half and is seeking to normalize child rape"

washingtonpost.com

More than 2.6 million visit the incel forum each month, where their posts often endorse rape and mass murder, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

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"The Pandemic Is Over" (09/21/22)

Matt Boyce

@mattrbo

Sep 22

A very, very good listen from

@DeathPanel_

"The idea that this is just a disagreement about whether or not 500 deaths/day constitutes an emergency or not is so fundamentally insulting to the people who are experiencing COVID as a catastrophe."

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Listen to this episode from Death Panel on Spotify. Bea, Artie, Phil, and Abby discuss Joe Biden's recent statement that "the pandemic is over," what it means for the US pandemic response, and the...

Artie Vierkant — Preorder HEALTH COMMUNISM, 10/18

@avierkant

You can still get Health Communism direct from Verso for just $15! An enormous deal if you pre-order, instead of waiting for release when it’ll be back up to $25

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Artie Vierkant — Preorder HEALTH COMMUNISM, 10/18

@avierkant

· Sep 7

Health Communism pre-orders are still 40% off for the @VersoBooks student reading sale! If you haven’t pre-ordered yet, this is probably the last chance to get it so cheap before release: versobooks.com/books/4081-hea

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The New Inquiry

@newinquiry

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"The message is inescapable: in the minds of those entitled to speak, society is ready to move on, without many of us. We do not have to accept this." thenewinquiry.com/blog/the-beybl

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Death Panel

@DeathPanel_

· Sep 21

In our latest, we discuss Biden’s statement that “the pandemic is over,” the many narratives that have risen around it, and what it means as a marker for the sociological production of the end of the pandemic on.soundcloud.com/nJmfMFci5U9vg3

Thinking of ideas

@RockingRoll777

[43 minutes into scrolling through some stranger's timeline] This guy is a real loser

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Elizabeth de Luna

@delunaelizabeth

i’m screaming this is such a read

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Rusty Foster

@fka_tabs

This is like a "have you been in tech long enough to see through all of this" final exam question

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Kait Feldmann

@kaitfeldmann

· Sep 22

A friend is applying to this and I’m in shock. I’ve never seen half (most?) of the things being offered in a job post before.

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Elon Musk Is Set To Unveil His Prototype Robot, But Don’t Expect It To Steal Your Job Just Yet

Tesla is set to unveil a prototype of its humanoid robot — called Tesla Bot, or Optimus — next week during its annual AI Day event

buzzfeednews.com

Musk is hyping up the Optimus robot — but skeptics are not hard to find.

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